Name of the Organisation : LBS Centre for Science & Technology
Exam : State Eligibility Test
Subject : Political Science
Year : 2017 Feb
Document Type : Model & Past Question Papers
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State Eligibility Test Political Science Question Paper :
Time : 120 Minutes
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1. Who said: “Directive Principles of State Policy are the Conscience of the Constitution which embody the social philosophy of the Constitution”
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Granville Austin
C) Ivor Jennings
D) Thakur Das Bharghava
2. Which of the following recommended that Union may persuade the State governments for constitution of an All India Service for Education?
A) Sarkaria Commission
B) First Administrative Reforms Commission
C) Punchi Commission
D) Second Administrative Reforms Commission
3. Which one of the following is not correct?
A) For Machiavelli and Hegel, the state is based on force.
B) For J.S. Mill and T.H Green, consent is the basis of state
C) In Marx’s view, the state is an instrument of class exploitation.
D) In Gandhian philosophy, the propertied classes should be persuaded to employ their resources to balance common good.
4. Which one of the following has not been advanced by Gabriel Almond as a category of Interest Group?
A) Institutional Interest Groups
B) Associational Interest Groups
C) Non-Associational Interest Groups
D) Attitudinal Interest Groups
5. Which one of the following is not the characterization of a Prismatic Society?
A) Polynormativism
B) Overlapping
C) Institutionalisation
D) Elite Domination
6. According to Huntington, which of the following countries /regions can be considered as coming under the ‘third wave’ of democratization?
A) Japan and Germany
B) India and Israel
C) Britain, France and USA
D) Southern and Eastern Europe
7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Positivism – Leo Strauss
B) Post –Modernism – Jacques Derrida
C) Feminism – Simon de Beauvoire
D) Post Structuralism – Michael Foucault
8. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R)
Assertion (A): According to Lucian Pye, political development is characterized by equality, capacity and differentiation.
Reason (R) : A state should attempt to strengthen these aspects of development
A) Both (A) and(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) .
B) Both (A) and(R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
D) (A) is false but(R) is true.
9. ‘The Hague Code of Conduct’ relates to-
A) Control over ozone depleting chemicals.
B) Limit underground nuclear weapons tests.
C) The transfer of missiles and parts
D) The prohibition of bacteriological weapons.
10. The jurisdiction of International Court of Justice are –
A) Original, Voluntary and Compulsory.
B) Voluntary, Advisory and Appellate
C) Negotiation, Advisory and Appellate
D) Voluntary, Compulsory and Advisory
11. Who conceived the International system as ‘Analytical Entity’?
A) Zimmerin
B) Morton Kaplan
C) Weiner
D) Woodrow Wilson
12. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A) Mexico Women’s Conference – 1975
B) Copenhagen Women’s Conference – 1985
C) Nairobi Women’s Conference – 1993
D) Beijing Women’s Conference – 1996
13. The Speaker of Lok Sabha is the President of all the Parliamentary Forums except the-
A) Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
B) Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate change
C) Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management
D) Parliamentary Forum on Children
14. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R)
Assertion (A) : Lokayuktas have been appointed in all the states of India.
Reason (R) : An independent institution is required to address the grievances of the
people against the action of civil servants.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true but (R) is false
D) (A) is false but (R) is true
15. The Hawthorne Experiments of Elton Mayo revealed the importance of
A) Standardisation of work procedure
B) Informal social forces in the organization
C) Payment on Group basis.
D) Management response to worker’s demands